Eva Herrmann

1920

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image displays a close-up of a woman's face and upper shoulders. Her head is slightly tilted, with her eyes looking directly at the camera. She has short, neatly combed dark hair that frames her face. Her facial features are soft, with a subtle smile. She is wearing a simple, round-neck top. The background is an out-of-focus, light-colored backdrop providing a neutral setting for the portrait. No visible jewelry pieces or objects are present.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 18.6 cm (9 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    mount: 51.9 × 41 cm (20 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.430

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    50A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    619

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 619.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1945 [erased]
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: 1949?
by later hand, center verso: K / 50A

Wikidata ID

Q64034944

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

1921, New York (no. 73a, as Eva Herrmann, 1920)
1923, New York (nos. 24–26, as Eva Herrmann, 1919)

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